Haiti is grappling with a dramatic increase in violence, with kidnappings up by 83% and murders by 119% as reported by the United Nations. The country is in a 'multidimensional crisis,' with gangs using kidnappings and sexual violence to gain territory, resulting in a death toll that more than doubled to nearly 5,000 last year, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Humanitarian agencies, led by @UNReliefChief, are seeking $674 million to aid 3.6 million Haitians. Concurrently, Costa Rica has seen a 40% rise in homicides and is exploring a Salvadoran-inspired response to its crime wave.
Costa Rica is wrestling with a surge in violence so striking that its government is borrowing a page from nearby El Salvador, which took draconian steps to tackle its own crime problems https://t.co/sYJgR9Y9RJ https://t.co/O3zuWwb8W5
Abduction of nuns may portend worse violence ahead in Haiti (via @TimPadgett2) https://t.co/jBB9tKOaB5
⚠️ HAITI'S GANG WARS DEATH TOLL DOUBLES TO NEARLY 5,000 IN A YEAR -UN (Reuters) The number of people reported killed as Haiti faces a worsening conflict between heavily armed gangs increased by more than 110% last year to reach 4,789, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio… https://t.co/Tx4KaV61F4
Homicides in Haiti more than doubled last year as the Caribbean nation faced a worsening "multidimensional crisis," with gangs using kidnappings and sexual violence to steadily gain territory, a UN report said https://t.co/bkAxmUGIMc
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🔊 Costa Rica’s homicide rate has increased by 40% in the last year alone. @i_woodford tells Reuters World News daily podcast how the government is trying to crack down – listen now https://t.co/pSpe4OGWUW https://t.co/jhFf3Jcqcb
People in #Haiti continue to endure unimaginable horrors as violence escalates & humanitarian agencies are appealing for $674 million to help 3.6 million people across the country this year - @UNReliefChief https://t.co/IfGzBjnbft
⚠️ ONCE TRANQUIL COSTA RICA EYES SALVADORAN-INSPIRED RESPONSE TO CRIME SURGE (Reuters) Long a byword for laidback environmental tourism, Costa Rica is now wrestling with a surge in violence so striking that its government is borrowing a page from nearby El Salvador, which… https://t.co/r3VGb1ukbt
In the past year kidnappings in Haiti have increased by 83% and murders by 119%, the United Nations said in its latest report. Read more at: https://t.co/GyDGhI9eZU
“We hear crimes, lamentations and bitter tears in Port-au-Prince, in the Artibonite, in the Northwest and all over the country,” the priests said. “The national boat is really adrift. It is urgent to straighten it out.” Read more at: https://t.co/GyDGhI9eZU